MikeMangioy's top 50 albums v.2: v.2 - v. The top ten

[425]

It's probably my second favorite.

[Fluffy Lothario]

I do like Watershed a lot, yes. It's not an album I listen to a lot but I enjoy it when I do.

It's same with me. I really should spin it today. It may even be in my top 3 or 4 if Hex Omega clicked with me but sadly, it never did.

It clicked with me after seeing it live. The song had great atmosphere live.

[Sacul]

Haven't listened to it yet 

[mikemangioy]

Ouch, no updates in 4 days
Now I'm starting to feel bad about this 


#21: Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Kind-of-prog Thrash Metal, 1988

Well, there's really not much to say about this one, as I've talked about it many times. It's just my favorite 'Tallica, because I feel that it's the most unique and never-repeated out of all their albums. The songs got more progressive, darker, intricate and the production is really dry, but it works on this one. There are a couple of classics like Blackened and One, but also lots of underrated pieces like The Frayed Ends Of Sanity and To Live Is To Die.
This has been my favorite since I was ten and it still is.

[Outcrier]

Favorite Tallica album as well. Really liked the more progressive and technical approach and it's got some pretty good underrated tracks like Shortest Straw and Frayed Ends.

[Tomislav95]

It my favorite Metallica, as well. And also favorite thrash album
However, I'd really like to hear it with different production, louder bass, different sounding drums (I like modern thrash drums sound, check last two Testament albums) and richer sounding lead guitar. Despite all those (in my eyes... or ears) flaws it's among my favorites.

[Crow]

i never listened to any metallica albums front-to-back that much but I remember liking this the most out of all their stuff i heard, yeah

[425]

lots of underrated pieces like The Frayed Ends Of Sanity

Don't let Het catch you saying that!

This is probably my second favorite Metallica album behind Ride the Lightning.

[Sacul]

Never listened to it.

[TAC]

Justice is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Bought it the day it came out and it felt like it was he only thing I listened to for like a year straight! Never gets old.

[Fluffy Lothario]

This is probably my second favorite Metallica album behind Ride the Lightning.

Hey, that sounds like something I would say.

[mikemangioy]

Never listened to it.

You sure do like your controversy 

[Sacul]

Never listened to it.

You sure do like your controversy 

I think because Metallica wasn't among the first bands I listened to nor became my gateway to metal, I never cared about them. And don't think I ever will.

[jakepriest]

I've only heard a bunch of songs from this album and they are ok. I don't really like Metallica that much.

[sneakyblueberry]

crammer of hustice jrushes u

Never listened to it.

You sure do like your controversy 

I think because Metallica wasn't among the first bands I listened to nor became my gateway to metal, I never cared about them. And don't think I ever will.

just fucking listen to it ya bastard lol.  <3

Fantastic album.  Classic.  Seminal Classic.  Semen-erupting, seminal classic.

[Bolsters]

I've listened to AJFA a few times over the years and don't like it at all. Is that more controversial, or less controversial?

[mikemangioy]

#20Rammstein - Herzeleid
Industrial Metal, Neue Deutsche Harte - 1995

This is my favorite Rammstein record, and I am very surprised to say it. I consider this their most "ugly" and "trash". I mean, disco metal sung in german? What the hell is this crap?
BUT IT FREAKING WORKS SO WELL.
Every song is a blast, and it's the beginning of one of the coolest bands in my book. It's nice to see where they were coming from - they are not that different from what they are now.

[Sacul]

I really like Mutter so I guess I'll have to check this one soon

[jakepriest]

Herzeleid would be my third favourite Rammstein album (after Reise,Reise and Rosenrot) but it's the most fun to spin sometimes. I rarely listen to Rammstein anymore, but I consider them a top 3 band. It's the music I grew up on.

Just a quick ranking of Rammstein albums for me:
1. Reise, Reise
2. Rosenrot
3. Herzeleid
4. Mutter
5. Engel
6. Liebe Ist Für Alle Da

They have annouced that they're in the studio once again, and I'm super excited for their next effort (hoping it'll be better than the last one).

[Fluffy Lothario]

The only thing I ever listen to by Rammstein is the Live Aus Berlin version of Seemann.

[mikemangioy]

Double uptade because I am a slowpoke


#19: Muse - Absolution
Alternative Rock - 2003

From one of my least favorite, this record became my favorite Muse record, once I got through some more, detailed listens. I understood the value this record had when i looked at the opening sequence: we have Apocalypse Please, which is this big piano piece with a war-like rhythm, sets up the scene and the concept of the album (being about apocalypse under different point of views), Time Is Running Out a fairly popular bass driven piece, Sing For Absolution, a beautiful ballad with amazing vocals - which is a recurring theme in this record (best Matt performance ever), Stockholm Syndrome, one of my favorite Muse songs ever, alternating heaviness with melodic epicness and rage à-la Nirvana and then, one of the very few love songs that I actually like (and I like this one a lot), Falling Away With You. Beautiful stuff. Ooh, but it's not over. What's next you say? Hysteria of course.

So, when I realized what an amazing tracklist this was, I forgave the incredibly long tracklist (14 freaking songs) and realized that this is one of the most beautiful Muse albums, one where the vocals really take the cake and one where the instrumentation just gels together so well that it creates musical bliss.


#18: Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Extreme Prog Metal, 2007

Oh god. This is the most chaotic thing on this list, guys - This is the record that took like two years to click with me. From Foam Born (which makes you go "oh shit" the moment Decade Of Statues starts) through White Walls, this is the most outright insane, heavy and mind-blowing piece of music ever recorded. The first time I attempted listening to it, my head went "Yeah, how about no" and shut off by the time Sun Of Nothing started.
Although it is so darkly intense, Colors also has some beautiful melodic moments along with some funny unexpected stuff thrown into the songs.
This album is truly an experience, and the flow between the songs is just stellar.
Outstanding piece of death/prog/tech metal. All hail BTBAM.

[jakepriest]

Absolution is THE best Muse album (although Resistance comes very close) imo. As for Between the Buried and Me, I still can't get into this band and probably never will at this rate.

[mikemangioy]

I still can't get into this band and probably never will at this rate.

This is the record that took like two years to click with me.

 

[Sacul]

You're right, Colors is pure madness 

[Crow]

Two good albums that barely made or didn't make my list 

[Tomislav95]

Absolution is THE best Muse album (although Resistance comes very close) imo. As for Between the Buried and Me, I still can't get into this band and probably never will at this rate.

Did you try The Great Misdirect? Much more accessible than Colors (and any other their album I heard) IMO.

[mikemangioy]

How about records, huh?

Two pretty great ones too:


#17: Rush - Moving Pictures
Progressive Rock,  1981

Well, this is a timeless classic album with lots of timeless songs in it. Tom Sawyer, Limelight, YYZ. We all know this album for how it took everything that Rush did up until then and made it quick and easy to listen to, even more than Permanent Waves. The other songs are awesome as well, as we have Red Barchetta and The Camera Eye, two of my favorites Rush songs ever.
Do not miss this album, it's a must for everyone.


#16: Haken - Visions
Progressive Metal, 2011

This album is the best "This sounds like Dream Theater" record ever. It takes that idea and elevates it up to what I like to refer to as "one of the best standard-prog-metal albums" if "Standard" is a word that works with "Progressive". It's one of the albums I'd advice to listen to at first, to get used to the genre.
It has everything: a big concept, repeating parts, grand, cinematic music, an epic, connected songs, and heaviness. Lots of atmosphere too. Haken did a good job in this one. Well, they did no bad job so far in their career, but whatever 
The final track, Visions, is still my favorite Haken track, next to Falling Back To Earth. It's truly a beautifully composed epic, and one that flows greatly.

[jakepriest]

I'm not a big Rush fan, but I definitely enjoy Moving Pictures. As for Visions; it's okay, but I'll take Mountain and Crystallised EP over it any day.

[Train of Naught]

Just finished my first listen of Nocturnal Conspiracy, I'm excited for Visions, going to listen to it tonight!

[Sacul]

Not really a fan of Rush, but this is a nice record. Visions bores me

[Big Hath]

Moving Pictures, my #1 of all time

[Crow]

i know a fair number of songs off Moving Pictures but I don't think I've ever listened to the whole thing front to back

Visions is probably my least favorite Haken release, including the demo and including Restoration 
not awful but a bit... uninspired, Deathless is the only song that I really like a lot, but the title track is good too.

[425]

Moving Pictures is a fantastic choice. Visions is my least favorite of the three Haken studio albums; Aquarius is better and The Mountain is way better. I'd agree with either of those, but Visions... Not sure.

[Tomislav95]

Don't listen to them, Visions are fantastic, best Haken album
Moving Pictures, while not my favorite, is still great, probably top 4 Rush album.

[Cedar redaC]

My first albums from both bands.